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LOT 1416
Western Asiatic Black Stone Stamp Seal with Animals
2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 in. (4.15 grams, 21.76 mm).
Plano-convex type with incuse wolf and stag motif; supplied with a museum-quality impression. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
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Assyrian Gypsum Relief with Head of a Bearded Man
704-681 B.C.Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
Rectangular frieze fragment with low-relief carving of a profile bust with short straight hair confined by a brow-band, segmented curls forming the beard, furrowed brow, one arm extended; handwritten label to rear 'from the Koyunjik palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh and incised legend 'KOUYUNJIK' and 'A'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 530 grams total, 11.6 cm including stand
Allegedly found in the Koyunjik Palace of Sennacherib. Ex property of a gentleman, UK, acquired in the 1970s. Ex private collection, Oxfordshire, UK, 1988. Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 7 December 1994, no.235. Art market, New York. Ex private collection, Tokyo, Japan. Private European collection, 2009. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12880-241660. -
Sumerian Stone Rabbit Amulet
Uruk, 3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Carved in the round with contoured hips and ears, pierced at the shoulders. 3.02 grams, 19 mm
From the London collection of the late Mr S.M., 1969-1999. -
Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Including barbed, barbed-and-tanged leaf-shaped and other types. 125 grams total, 40-75 mm
Ex London, UK, collection, 1990s.
